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Articles by Sameera Ahmed
Parenting Through Times Of Fear, Injustice, And Resistance: A Trauma-Informed, Faith-Centered Guide
On a quiet school morning, a mother stands frozen at her front window, watching the street. Her child’s backpack rests by the door. The bus is coming. But so is fear. Across the country, Black, Brown, Indigenous, immigrant, and Muslim parents are waking up each day with the same question: Is it safe to send my child outside today?
Islamophobia and the Benefits and Challenges for Prison Imams
Introduction Increasingly, religion plays a significant role in the rehabilitation of inmates across the US and Canada. People in the US and Canada are increasingly reconsidering their religious and spiritual identities (Thiessen and Wilkins-Lafamme 2020). Incarcerated individuals are no exception. Still, the corrections populations in these countries have become more diverse in terms of religion and ethnicity.
Mitigating fake news and misinformation using news literacy behaviors (NLBs)
Home / Peer Reviewed Scholarship / Mitigating fake news and misinformation using news literacy behaviors (NLBs) Abstract The increasing presence of fake news and misinformation in the contemporary digital media landscape is of concern to practitioners, educators, policy makers, and the public alike.
Tired of defending Islam: Thoughts of a ‘hypocritical, moderate Muslim’
Having a single conformist society is not what India is about, writes Sameera Ahmed. Ten years ago, one would never see or hear the kind of rhetoric going around in the country as it is now. Ten years ago, the question was about industry and development, jobs and rise in prices. Ten years ago, we were all envisioning the India 2020 of Abdul Kalam’s dreams. Cut to today, there is silent encouragement to instigate communalism, deepen differences and pit communities against each other.
Mental Health Toolkit
Resources for Muslim Mental Healthcare Advocates A growing number of American Muslims encounter prejudice in their daily lives. Not surprisingly, they also increasingly make self-reports of emotional stress. While day-to-day pressures continue to affect American Muslims’ ability to thrive, good recommendations are available to face these challenges.
Tamil Nadu’s gender prisons: Engineering colleges with medieval mindsets
“We have supervisors for every department and floor to keep a watch on us,” says *Sahil, a recent graduate from Panimalar. “They aren’t too strict about it, but they keep a watch. So students talk outside of college,” he says, matter-of-factly. But if caught, penalty is high. In addition to parents being called, students are suspended, sometime for entire semester.
Traffic Ramaswamy - one man in Chennai everyone needs to know about
“Don’t worry. I can take care of it. I am too thick-skinned for such allegations," the Chief Justice of India HL Dattu said on December 8, 2014 when a petition accusing him of taking bribe came up for hearing before his bench. The petition pushed for an enquiry into the allegation that the CJI himself had taken a bribe to grant bail to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on October 17. Though the petition was brought before the bench by a Tamil Nadu based lawyer R.
The one indulgence Karunanidhi cannot live without
Whenever India lost a match, he would go into a foul mood wondering why they ended up on the losing side. Forty seven years ago, a relatively young Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Flanked by his two like-minded companions, both ministers in his cabinet, the trio would make trips to the Chepauk cricket stadium to proudly display their share of the love for the game.
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